The bad news of the day is that about $5B ($5,000,000,000) more than previously believed went to buy goods made in China, Japan, non-major South and Central American countries, and…

…appears to have remained relatively stable over the decades, real GDP’s influence over the stock market seems to have gone by the wayside some time in the 1970s. Today’s post…

…of work, finance, market participants grapple with the monthly economic data flow, eyeing each release as if it’s telling a new story about the current prospect for US economic growth…

…origination mess. The plan, Reforming America’s Housing Finance Market: A Report to Congress (Treasury and Housing and Urban Development, Feb. 2011), claims that it will “reform America’s housing finance market…

…insurance. Let’s credit their pay for the amount that has been paid by the taxpayers, and let them try to buy health insurance in the individual market. (My bet is…

It occurred to me that some Angry Bear readers may be interested in a short analysis of the Egyptian bond market. Professionally, I’m a macroeconomic analyst and portfolio manager on…

This recession caused a severe disruption in the labor market for teen employment. The chart below illustrates the unemployment rate alongside the employment-to-population ratio for those aged 16-19 years. The…

…for covering risks. Most such “competitiveness” claims are just a different way to make the old “free market uber alles” argument–companies are saying that in order to succeed, they MUST…

Capitalists sure seem to prefer Obama to Bush….

…market make the market work better. This would make sense if one accepting a strong by semi strong form efficient markets hypothesis where prices are optimal given public information, private…